Hi everyone. As you can see by the title of my blog post for today, I was experimenting. It turned out quite well, but photographing it was a whole other story. The card is so much prettier in real life ... but you'll have to take my word on that. I made this for the current challenge at Festive Friday #27 ... here's the inspiration photo ...
I die-cut a snowflake from clear plastic, coated it with crystal effect (glossy accents), and then covered it with lots and lots of glitter. When it was dry, I put on a thick coat of crystal effects to seal in the glitter and give the snowflake some dimension. I mounted it onto a black card front. Unfortunately, all the colors from the iridescent glitter (pink, blue, purple) don't show in the photo. Here's a close-up ... but it's still not a great photo.
The glitter not only gives the snowflake sparkle and flecks of color, but it gives it a frosty appearance. It was fun experimenting with my clear plastic sheets and will be doing more of that soon. :)
Stamps: Snowman Sayings (Amy R)
Paper: Black (SU!)
Ink: Versamark
Accessories & Tools: Silhouette Cameo, plastic sheets (Grafix), embossing buddy, white embossing powder, heat tool, crystal effects, glitter, glue dots, paint brush
Challenges:
Festive Friday #27
17 comments:
Fabulous experiment Loll! Love how it turned out. Now off to see if I have all the ingredients to make my own experiment. Thanks for sharing the details too!
Oh my goodness the snowflake is mind blowing :) I am in love with ur experiment :) thank you for inspiring me again !!
Oooh, now that's an awesome result from an experiment, Loll! The dimension, the color, the shimmer...this is amazing!
This is awesome, Loll! And putting it on the black card makes it brilliant!
OMG - this looks like a real snowflake - great dimension and shine! I know how hard it is to get the pretty colours of the glitter. But don't worry, I'm going to make my own so that I can see! Thanks so much for joining us at Festive Friday!
What a stunner, Loll! Was the plastic you used a heavy plastic, like packaging, or lighter like transparancy sheets? Like Ardyth, I'd love to try this too! :)
what a fantastic idea - looks gorgeous!
As always - perfectly wonderful. It has been snowing here off and on all day.
Sandy xx
Simply stunning!
Oh Loll, I bet this card is more beautiful in person! I bet it sparkles and shines like no other. So pretty even though we can't see all the beautiful colors sparkling. I love the frosty look it has in the picture. Love, love this card. Hugs
A very successful experiment Loll. It looks stunning but bet it's much more wonderful IRL.
Karen x
Just getting caught up Loll. This is gorgeous! I can't imagine how sparkly it must be!
Wow, Loll! It looks like ice! Isn't it annoying how the camera won't capture the coloured sparkles that you see through the lens. I bet it's fabulous IRL.
I'm glad you showed us a close up so we could appreciate all the sparkle on your snowflake! I love the effect with the black background, too...it really is the 'Star of the Show'! Stunning card, Loll!
Wow, what a pretty look you've achieved Loll! It looks stunning against the black, too! Always love learning from others!!! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Festive Friday!
I think it's lovely, Loll! Thanks for the close ups too! Stunning again!!
I love your experiments, Loll ... they're always such great ideas and the results are always stunning! This card's a case in point! Anita :)
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